Current cross-correlations as probes for poor man's Majorana states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.23498v1
• Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:02:10 GMT
• Title: Current cross-correlations as probes for poor man's Majorana states
• Abstract summary: Kitaev chain emulates a topological superconductor with three quantum dots.<n>We introduce current-current correlations as a viable framework for verifying their true non-locality.
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• Abstract: The minimal Kitaev chain that emulates a topological superconductor with three quantum dots offers a tunable platform for potentially hosting poor man's Majorana (PMM) modes. Asserting the need to go beyond differential conductance spectroscopy, we introduce current-current correlations as a viable framework for verifying their true non-locality. The robustness of the PMM modes, specifically with respect to delocalization as the system is tuned away from sweet spots, we show, is embedded in the relative magnitudes of the nonlocal transport processes. This aspect is adeptly captured by current cross-correlations, whose features show remarkable stability around the PMM sweet spot, specifically with respect to the detuning of an outer dot. We establish this as a prominent feature and a diagnostic for true PMMs even in the short chain limit. Our results accentuate the need for current cross-correlation measurements as a diagnostic framework for unambiguously verifying true non-locality of entangled states as well as topologically protected states.

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